Michael Fanone escorted out of congressional hearing after confrontation

Former police officer Michael Fanone was briefly escorted from a congressional listening to on former particular counsel Jack Smith on Thursday after a tense change with Ivan Raiklin, a former Military reservist and right-wing operative.

Raiklin shouted at Fanone and launched himself in a packed Home Judiciary Committee listening to room, prompting Fanone to show and say, “Go your self. … Do not fake we’re not mortal enemies.”

The confrontation, which befell throughout a break, escalated into an virtually bodily altercation, as Fanone repeatedly shouted obscenities at Raiklin and Raiklin informed Fanone to “management his Tourette syndrome.”

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Former MPD officer Michael Fanone, left, argues with right-wing officer Ivan Raiklin throughout a break in former particular counsel Jack Smith’s testimony earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee, Jan. 22, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc. by way of Getty Pictures)

Fanone was considered one of 4 U.S. Capitol and D.C. cops who sat behind Smith in the course of the listening to, which targeted on Smith’s two prosecutions of President Donald Trump associated to the 2020 election and categorised paperwork. The cops had been amongst those that responded to the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol, which stemmed from a protest towards the 2020 election outcomes.

One other of the 4 officers restrained Fanone earlier than a police officer led them out of the interrogation room. As Fanone left, Democratic lawmakers applauded him.

Committee member Jamie Raskin, D-Md., known as on his counterpart, Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to maintain Raiklin in verify so he “would not trigger different issues.”

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(L-R) Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn, Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, retired U.S. Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell and former District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Division officer Michael Fanone attend a listening to for former Particular Counsel Jack Smith earlier than the Home Judiciary Committee on January 22, 2026. (Saul Loeb/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)

In line with video footage and courtroom papers, Fanone was violently attacked by rioters on January 6. One in every of his attackers, Daniel Rodriguez, was sentenced to greater than 12 years in jail for utilizing a stun gun on Fanone a number of instances. Prosecutors stated the officer suffered burns, misplaced consciousness for greater than two minutes and has since skilled cognitive issues on account of the assault.

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Fanone retired in 2021 after twenty years on the drive and emerged as an outspoken critic of the Jan. 6 incident. He testified earlier than the Jan. 6 Home committee, and Democrats regularly level to Fanone’s experiences for example that dozens of cops confronted bodily assaults in the course of the breach.